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Progressive or Continuous Tense

Description: Progressive or Continuous Tense
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Directions: Select the correct option to fill in the blank in the following sentence.

I shall telephone you when he ____ back.

  1. will came

  2. came

  3. comes

  4. had come

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In a complex sentence if the main clause is in the Simple Future Tense, then the subordinate clause has to be in the Simple Present Tense

Directions: Select the correct option to fill in the blank in the following sentence.

Did the girls _______ food to the guests?

  1. served

  2. serve

  3. serves

  4. has served

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The given sentence belongs to the Simple Past Tense

Directions: Select the correct option to fill in the blank in the following sentence.

The boys __________ cricket for two hours.

  1. were playing

  2. are playing

  3. has been playing

  4. have been playing

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

This is a case of Present Perfect Continuous Tense. Plural subject takes plural auxiliary.

Directions: Select the correct option to fill in the blank in the following sentence.

Raman _______ the stone.

  1. rises

  2. arises

  3. raised

  4. raise

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The given sentence, requires a transitive verb because the action of “Raman” has been passed over to the direct object “stone”.

Directions: Select the correct option to fill in the blank in the following sentence.

My mother _________ the Geeta daily.

  1. reads

  2. read

  3. was reading

  4. were reading

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The given sentence needs a Present Simple Tense.           Answer: (1)

Directions: Select the correct option to fill in the blank in the following sentence.

The children __________ as if they had been very happy.

  1. shouted

  2. shout

  3. all shouting

  4. have shouted

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

If the subordinate adverb clause of manner has the verb “had been”, then the main clause must be in “simple Past Tense”.

Directions: Select the correct option to fill in the blank in the following sentence.

The passengers ______________ for the next train for a long time.

  1. is waiting

  2. are waiting

  3. had been waiting

  4. none of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

(3) This is a case of Past Perfect Continuous Tense.

Directions: Select the correct option to fill in the blank in the following sentence.

Children _______ flowers in the garden yesterday.

  1. are gathering

  2. has gathered

  3. have gathered

  4. gathered

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

To refer to a definite point of time of the past, we use Past Indefinite Tense.         Answer: (4)

Directions: Select the correct option to fill in the blanks in the following sentence.

The rain _________ hardly _______ when the children began to play.

  1. has, stopped

  2. have, stopped

  3. had, stopped

  4. none of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The blank in the given sentence requires Past Perfect Tense.

Directions: Select the correct option to fill in the blank in the following sentence.

The child has been crying _______ one hour.

  1. since

  2. for

  3. at

  4. in

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The given sentence refers to ‘period of time’ whereas ‘since’ is used for ‘a point in time’.. Answer: (2)

Directions: Select the correct option to fill in the blank in the following sentence.

Work hard lest you ______________.

  1. should get late

  2. would get late

  3. shall get late

  4. may get late

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Since ‘lest’ always takes should.

Directions: Select the correct option to fill in the blank in the following sentence.

If I go to Delhi, I ________ your brother.

  1. would see

  2. shall see

  3. shall have seen

  4. am seeing

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

If the subordinate clause is in the Simple Present Tense, then the main clause must have ‘Simple Future Tense’.  Answer: (2)

Directions: Select the correct option to fill in the blank in the following sentence.

If he had walked fast, ______________.

  1. he could catch the train

  2. he would have caught the train

  3. he shall have caught the train

  4. he may catch the train

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The sentence in question is a conditional sentence in which the subordinate clause is in the Past Perfect Tense, therefore the main clause must be in the Present Perfect Tense. Answer: (2)

Directions: Select the correct option to fill in the blank in the following sentence.

If you had worked hard, you ________.

  1. shall have passed

  2. have passed

  3. will have passed

  4. would have passed

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

If the principal clause is in the Past Perfect, the subordinate clause must be in the Present Perfect Tense.     Answer: (4)

Directions: Select the correct option to fill in the blank in the following sentence.

If she walks fast, ______________.

  1. she had caught the train

  2. she will catch the train

  3. she would have caught the train

  4. none of these

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The sentence, in the question, is a conditional sentence in which the subordinate clause is in the Simple Present Tense, therefore the main clause must have Simple Future Tense.Answer: (2)

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